Curtain-fixture.



No. 762,733. PATBNTED' JUNE 14, 1904.

. 0. MALMQUIST.

CURTAIN FIXTURE.

. AYPLICATION FILED APR. 14. 1904.

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Mein@ @Q1 V" l 16 hh UNITED STATES I* Patented June -14, 1904.

PATENT OFFICE.

OSCAR MALMQUIST, OF NEv YORK, N. Y.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 762,733, dated .func 14, 1904.

i i Application filed April 14, 1904. Serial No. 203,124. (No model.)

To all, w/wm it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OSCAR MALMQUIST, a citizen of the United States, and a resident ofthe city of New York', borough of Manhattan, in the county and State of New York, have invented a new and Improved Curtain-Fixture, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

The purpose of the in vention is to provide a curtain-fixture adapted to receive a rod for supporting a lace or other light curtain and which is usually employed as a fixture auxiliary to the main bracket utilized as a support for the curtain-pole or the pole adapted to sustain a portiere or other heavy curtain, the auxiliary fixture being so made that it may be quickly and conveniently clamped upon the lower limb of the main bracket and secured in position and as expeditiously and readily removed when desired. l A further purpose of the invention is to so construct the auxiliary fixture that it is 'not only adapted for attachment to a bracket for a curtain-pole, but it may be withequal facility, security, 'and accuracy attached to a window or door frame or to awall or equivalent support, as conditions may require.

Another purpose of the invention is to pro- Y vide an auxiliary fixture for curtain-rods so made that a number may be carried by a person when going out on housework, and, furthermore, to so construct the fixture that it is adapted for use in any direction required or in connection with any support most convenient to be employed, thus avoiding the use, as at present, of a number of different fixtures and the frequent necessity of a person leaving a job unfinished by reason of a certain kind of fixture for a certain condition of use not having been brought along.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination of the. several parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the main ing shown in elevation, illustrating the posi# tion which the fixture occupies when attached to a side wall or side support.

A represents a bracket of the conventional type adapted to support a curtain-pole, the said bracket being shown as consisting of an upper limb 10, a lower limb 11, anda hooksocket 12 at the outer end of the two limbs where they connect, together with feet 13, whereby to attach the bracket to a support.

B represents the improved fixture, which is made, preferably, of sheet metal, although it may be made of cast or forged metal, if so desired. The fixture B consists mainly of a cheek-section I) and a fiange L', which extends at right angles inwardly from what may be termed the base or inner edge of the cheek-section, as is clearly shown in the drawings.

l The cheek-section may be of any desired contour. Usually, however, it is more or less segmental, as illustrated, and at about the .central portion of the said cheek-section an opening 14 is made, which opening is surrounded by an inwardly-extending collar 15. (Shown best in Fig. 2.) This collar is preferably exteriorly and interiorly threaded. A socket-sleeve 16 is screwed upon the exterior of the collar 15, extending inwardly beyond the inner edge of the said collar, as is also best shown in Fig. 2, and the inwardlyex tending portion of this sleeve is preferably interiorly plain. The said inwardly-extending portion of the sleeve 16 is adapted to receive an end of a rod O, which rod isadapted to hold a lace curtain or other light curtain, and when desired the opening 14 in the cheeksection b and the inner threaded portion of the collar 15 may be closed by an ornamental knob 16, screwed therein.

I desire-it to be understood that the knob 16u or other ornament may be simply held in the openings before mentioned by frictional contact, if desired, and that although the sleeve 16 is preferably screwed on the collar 15 it may also be held on the collar by frictional engagement therewith.

r1`he flange-section b consists of two end members 17 and an intermediate tongue 18, parallel with the end members 17, but rcmoved outwardly beyond the plane of the said end members 17, so that a space 19 intervenes between the under face of the tongue 18 and the upper faces of the end members 17.

vThe end members 17 are each provided with a threaded aperture 20, and these threaded apertures are adapted to receive set-screws 21. Plain apertures 22 are produced in the cheeksection b, one near each side edge, as is best illustrated in Fig. 3.

When the ixture is to be used in connection with a bracket A, the end members 17 of its flange-section Z2 are made to engage with the under and upper faces of the lower limb 11 and the tongue 18 with the under face of the same limb, as is illustrated in Fig. 1, and then the set-screws 21 are tightened to hold the ixture in place.

"lf it is desired to attach the fixture to a window-frame or equivalent vertical support, the set-screws 21 are removed and the end members 17 of the liangesection are placed against the window-frame, and screws or nails 23 are passed through the apertures into the said frame, as is shown in Fig. 2.

If the conditions require that thc iixture should be attached to a side wall, then the cheek-section I; is placed against such wall or equivalent support, and the iixture is secured in position by passing nails or screws through the openings 22 in the said cheek-piece.

rlhis :lixture is exceedingly simple, and its body portion may be struck up from one piece of metal. lt is evident from the description above given that this fixture may be utilized where other fixtures could not be used and that but few conditions prevail in the hanging of curtains where the said improved lixture could not be advantageously and successfully employed.

Having thus described my invention, l claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent# 1. A curtain-fixture having a body comprising a cheek and a flange section, the Hangesection being vdivided into end members and a sectional tongue offset from the end members, and a socket member attached to the said cheek-section,tlie cheek-section and the flangesection having apertures therein, for the purpose described.

2. In a curtain-iixture, a body consisting of a cheek-section and a fia'ngeesection at an angle tothe cheek-section, the flange-section being divided into members, namely end members and a central tongue, the central tongue being outwardly offset from the end members yet in parallelism therewith, a collar forming a portion of the inner face of the cheek-section, and a sleeve-socket secured to the said collar and extending inwardly beyond the same, the end members of the ange-section having threaded apertures therein, and the cheek-section plain apertures therein, and setscrews iitted to the threaded apertures in the flange-section, for the purpose described.

3. In curtainetixtures, a body comprising a cheek-section and a iiange-section extending inwardly at right angles to the cheek-section at its rear or base edge, the said ange-section being divided, the divisions consisting of end members having threaded apertures therein and a central tongue member outwardly offset from the end members and in substantial parallelism therewith, the cheek-section being provided with a main opening and apertures at the side of the said main opening, an exteriorly and interiorly threaded collar secured to the inner face of the cheek-section around the main opening therein, asleeve-socket secured exteriorly on the said collar and having a plain portion which projects beyond the inner end of the said collar, set-screws fitted to the threaded apertures in the flange-section, and a knob adapted to be screwed into the said collar, all for the purpose set forth.

ln testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

OSCAR MALMQUIST. l/Vitnesses:

J. FRED. ACKER, J No. M. RITTER. 

